Water vehicle



Feb. 24, 1931. R. STA MEGNA ET AL 3, 3

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WATER VEHICLE Filed Oct. 9, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 I I f InvenlorS A llorney Patented Feb. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RALPH STAMEGNA AND JOSEPH STAMEGNA, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK WATER VEHICLE Application filed October 9, 1930. Serial No. 487,586.

The present invention relates to aquatic Vehicles, and particularly to types adapted to be self propelled by an operator in the manner of a bicycle.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device, comprising a plurality of pontoons supporting a deck in such a manner that the operator can conveniently and forcibly propel the apparatus and steer the same to safely on the surface of the water with the lower portion of the body submerged.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of an apparatus of this naturewhich is exceedingly 15 simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, thoroughly efficient and reliable in the use and operation, compact and convenient in its arrangement of parts, and otherwise well adapted to the pur- Zo pose for which it is designed.

lVith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combi- Z1 nation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus embodying the features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof, Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof, Figure 4: is a vertical transverse section therethrough,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view thereof,

35 Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that numerals 5 denote two pontoons disposed in spaced parallel coextensive rela- 4 tionship. These hollow pontoons taper forwardly at their front ends. The numeral 6 denotes an oblong deck board arranged longitudinally between the pontoons and being coextensive therewith and equidistant there- 43 from. The front end of the deck board is tapered forwardly and the sides adjacent the front end are cut away as is indicated at 7 to provide leg room for propelling purposes. Brackets interconnect the deck board with 59 pontoons. There are two brackets each comprising a pair of sections having intermediate portions 8 secured across the deck board one above the other with the deck heard therebetween and merging into outwardly diverging extensions 9 terminating in parallel eiztensions 10 above and below the pontoons and fixed thereto.

A fork 11 depends from the deck board and supports a gear housing 12 one side of which is detachably mounted by screws 14 or the like. A shaft 15 is rotatable through the gear housing and has oppositely disposed cranks 16 on the ends thereof and terminating in pedal trunnions 17 with pedals 18 thereon. A bevel gear 19 on the shaft 15 meshes with the bevel pinion 20 on a shaft 21 which is journaled through the rear of the housing and in the bottom end of a bracket 22 depending from the deck board and on the rear end of the shaft is a propeller 23. A rudder 24:

rockably mounted on the rear of the deck board as at 25 and is pulled by apaiir of cables 26 having ends attachedto the rudder and trained through eyes 27 on therear corners of the deck board and then crossing each other and trained through an eye 28 on the bottom of the forward portion of the deck board and the cables are secured to opposite ends of the rocker 29, the intermediate por tion of which is on a steering post 30 journaled through the deck board and rising upwardly and having a steering wheel 31 on the upper end thereof.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this apt without a more detailed description there- 0 The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. a

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new is 1. In an apparatus of the class described, a pair ofspaced parallel pontoons, a deck board mounted between the pontoons coextensive. therewith, means for; interconnecting the pontoons and deck board, propelling means suspended from the deck board, a

rudder at the rear of-the deck board, and means for controlling the rudder, saidrneans for interconnecting the pontoons and deck board comprising two, pair of transverse members each pair of which includes intermediate portions fixed'to the deck board one above and one below-and merging into lateral extensions diverging outwardly from each other and'terminating in parallel extensions to be secured; above and below the pontoons.

2. In an apparatus-of the class; described, a deck board, pontoons, means connecting the. deck board with the pontoons, a fork depending fromthe deck board, gear housing supported by the, fork, a shaft journaled throughthe gear housing and having cranks on its ends'terminating in trunnions rockably supporting pedals, a gear on the shaft in thehousing andmeshing with the pinions in the housingion the front end of a shaft journaled through the rear of the housingand extending rearwardly, journaled through a bracket depending from the" rear portion of the deck board,,a propeller on the rearend of the second mentioned shaft.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a deck'board', pontoons, means connecting the deck board with the pontoons,.a: fork depend: ing from the deck board, gear housing supported by thefork, a shaftjournaled-through the gear-housingand havingcranks on. its ends terminating in trunnions r-ockab-lysupporting pedals a gear on" the shaft inthe housingand meshing with the pinions in the housing on thefrontj end of a shaft j ournaled through the rear of the housing and extend;- ing rearwardly, journaled-through a bracket depending from the rear portion of the deck board, a propeller on the rear endlof thesec- 0nd mentioned shaft, a. rudder rockable ona vertical axis at the rear of the deck, board, cables attached to the rudder, and. extending through eyes in the rear corners of the deck board and then extending forwardly and crossing each other and extending through an eyeund'er the forward portion of the deck board and terminating in engagement with the ends of rockers,, a. steering post journaled vertically through the forward portion of'the deck board, said rocker being mounted on the lower end of said steering post.

In testimony whereof we adiix our signatures; I RALPH A, JOSEPH? s'raMEem, 

